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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 4 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 1st, 1997 V alley M atters s a w e ek ly lo o k at local issues, p e o p le a n d p la ce s


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New ones £16.00 per sq.yd.)


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Also Large Selection of Reclaimed. Delivery Serving


NORTH WEST RECLAMATION Tel: 01282 603108


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BUILDING & JOINERY CONTRACTORS A p p r o v e r


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GREENGATES MERCHANTS


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C LEA N SW E E P Cars & Carpets Caravans Trucks Office


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MICK WOOD - CLEANING CONTRACTOR Tel: 01200 444024 Mobile: 0973 841510


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T. & G. E l e c t r i c s (Nibble ®elesferbice)


62 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE Telephone 427280_______


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DOMESTIC CLEANING AGENCY ,


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CALL JANET OR SARAH ON . 01200 440243


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HOI,GATE & SON PAINTERS & DECORATORS


(Specialised paint finishes)


Tel: 01200 441792 Fax: 01200 440123


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C.C. PARKER DCRTR


PINEA TR AND


Clitheroe - 425473


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__ __ R O B E R T DA V ID MARTIN


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CLITHEROE 01200 443340 MOBILE 0973 358778


2 FRANKLIN STREET, CLITHEROE W f o r t h e w e e k


hile talking of salvation during a Bible Fellowship meeting, one very earnest brother said that only those who


looked to Jesus, believed in him and lived accordingly could hope to be


saved. He was convinced that all others who had


not come within the sound of the Christ­ ian gospel were eternally lost. As gently and tactfully as I could, I tried to point out to him that he was not mak­ ing allowances for the faithful prophets and priests of Old Testament times. He remained adamant. According to his inter­ pretation of the scriptures, the only way to God was through belief in Jesus Christ. In his thinking, he made no allowance for the grace of God, the unmerited loving for­ giveness that goes out to all who will ulti­ mately accept it. What about the people who live in remote parts of the world and who have never had the chance to learn about Jesus? What about those who have come to God through their contacts with various worldwide religions? Those whose parents never went to church


Would he have created father-love and mother-love in us if He did not have it in Himself in greater measure?


by ascribing to Him the capacity to venge- fully torment His own children through­ out eternity. Jesus taught that God loves and cares for all, endeavouring always to see and to save the least, the lowest and the lost. We have received from Him the illustration of the Good Shepherd, ever ready to go out and find the ones that have become strayed and lost. Who could imag­ ine an earthly parent ever thinking of abandoning a search for a lost child?


How dare we malign our heavenly Father


i LIFFE CONSTRUCTION


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EXTENSIONS • JOINERY HEATING • PLUMBING U.P.V.C. WINDOWS ELECTRICAL PLASTERING


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FOR FREE ESTIMATES Tel/Fax: 01254 248726


BRICK PAVIORS


Accrington Brick Type 2" x 3" thick £3.00 and £4.50 per sq.yd.


Delivery Service Telephone: North West Reclamation


(01282) 603108


M A T T R E S S E S ANY S IZ E !


WH MAKE


Single Mattresses from £25 Double Mattresses from £501


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HEYW0RTH Painter & Decorator


01200 424627 Telephone p ASPDEN BARRIE


1 Antique and Long Case Specialists


| CLOCK REPAIRS


Clitheroe 423416 All Types of J O I N E R Y


Windows • Doors • Skirtings


• Achitraves • Dado Rails etc


• Security Locks &


Chains


RING STEPHEN COX 01200 442052


OR 01200 428019 Furniture Refurbisher


John Schofield Telephone:


Clitheroe 429217


R. BLACKBURN | PROPERTY REPAIRS


PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICE


FULL DRAIN CLEARING SERVICE


30 years Experience 01200 426460 I


| SPEAKING on a high note comes easy to Simonstone resident Mrs Pamela Jelley. Not only did she travel to


topics. Last year Mrs Jelley was a finalist in the speech


Scotland to take part in the Association of Speak­ ers’ Clubs’ national final a t the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, but she' was awarded first place and won the coveted silver


plate. Mrs Jelley, a member of


I years, was one of eight finalists in the “Topics” competition. Contestants are from all over England and Scotland and go through to the finals by winning their own club’s contest and competing in the area, and eventually district, competitions. Three finals took place in Glasgow during the event — speech, evaluation and


Burnley Ladies’ Speakers’ Club for three-and-a-half


contest held in Sheffield. This year she chose the . “Topics” competition, which gives no time to think about the subject or


prepare a speech. The chairman introduced Mrs Jelley, announced that her topic would be the word “suggestion” and immedi­ ately she began a three- minute speech. Husband Peter, who was in the audience, was her inspi-. ration. He is, at the moment, undertaking a City and Guilds cookery course and now often gives his wife “suggestions” on how she should cook cer­ tain dishes and sometimes even suggests what she should wear. All these ideas and suggestions came flooding into her mind for her speech. To help the contestants


construct the perfect speech, green, amber and


red lights are used to demonstrate the time elapsed and only 14 sec­


onds remain once the red light appears. She was presented with a


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V A N A N D MA N


L U T O N LIGHT HAULAGE &


REMOVALS & SINGLE ITEMS | Tel: 01200 426809 or 0976 303766


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Stone cut to almost any shape or size eg: Cills, Jambs, Mullions, Quoins, Copins etc. etc.


Masonry service by our own local Craftsman.


^ onE Delivery Service


NORTH WEST RECLAMATION Tel: 01282 603108


W indow s/d oors


Hardwood, softwood & U.P.V.C. profile 22. At trade prices.


For all your domestic and commercial joinery needs.


For a friendly and personal service contact R. & P. Hargreaves


Joiners and Building Contractors The Workshop, Hall St, Clitheroe. Tel: 01200 426929


T & M GATE, 124 PIMLICO ROAD OPTICAL


For all your spectacle requirements, caring and personal service.


No gimmicks, just honest low prices. Try us first - no obligation. Our aim is your satisfaction.


Prescription spectacles from £20, tints free. All types of lenses and extras


Large range of frames inc designers EMERGENCY REPAIRS - often while you wait Tel: Clitheroe 425552 B R I C K PAVIORS


Accrington Brick Type 2" x 3" thick £3.00


and £4.50 per sq.yd. Delivery Service


Telephone: North West Reclamation


(01282) 6 03108 GUTTERS


CLEANED & SEALED & GENERAL


HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS


Phone Colin Moorhouse Whalley


(01254) 822883 evenings


| the other day, I was passed by a pair B


of young skaters. They were on those modem roller skates


which we are supposed to refer to as “in­ line” skates, of which more later, and they looked marvellous, sweeping down in great curves over the almost empty tarmac. The two lads were so skilful, so elegant, they actually gave me an excuse for a breather


to admire them. These pauses are a common feature of


| made and comment breathlessly on dis­ tance still to cover. Anyway, on this occasion I was simply,


walking with me, if any incline is involved, taking the form of frequent halts to admire the scenery, wonder on progress


genuinely, impressed. There is something special about skating as a means of loco­ motion, perhaps because it turns the process of getting from A to B from some­ thing plodding to a series of effortless swoops that seem more akin to flight than


mere walking. These lads were so good I remembered


| them might develop the roller equivalent of ice dancing.


1 young, had been lifted by the two skaters before I got to the White Lion passage and that evening’s group of teenage rebels. A certain amount of lager was being


Mr Eatough’s proposal, I suspect there are many members of the public, and not just proud families, who would enjoy watching the skaters. I t was lucky the spirits, vis-a-vis the


Quite apart from all the safety merits of .


| rebellion was in the air. . Nobody was actually scrawling obsceni­


drunk, a good deal of Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council bark mulch had been chucked about, fags were on the go, and


ties about each other on the passage walls at the time, but several people had clearly


local fire-fighter Mr Ronnie Eatough’s campaign to get a special area where youngsters could practise this new recre­ ation, somewhere where they could play roller hockey, and hopefully where some of


a t t lin g uphill against a strong headwind through Clitheroe’s central car park


As I see it


been busy. One of the subjects of.these w><> ticisms had taken such excep


section of the rendering had been Th^ttnagers were P ~ U y l o o k m g


^ en


for some kind of minor confrontation with the authorities, but sadly the powe^that- be did not seem to be providing them with the opposition they were lookingTor. ; Something tells me that these boys an girls would rather die than skate, but, as


we are now beginning to get into the lounging-around-in-the-evemng-and-com- mitting-minor-acts-of-vandalism season,


perhaps our police force would like to take the occasional turn in the open air as well. Back to that business of "in-line skating. Here on the Clitheroe Advertiser and


Times, we have to refer to skates^ which have their wheels arranged one behind the


other, rather than in pairs, as “in-line skates — not the name you probably call them by, because the manufacturers of a leading brand demanded that we should. This is an old problem for the media. For years, BBC news bulletins used to refer to “army light field cars”, rather than Land


names in our style book, which we are required to avoid. In my naivety, I had always assumed this was so that we did not give these firms a free plug, or put their competitors’ noses out of joint by not


Indeed, that is on the list of 91 trade


mentioning them. Now it seems that manufacturers are get­


' paper’s case, they did not enjoy the name of their product in the context of danger


ting choosy about the context in which their names are mentioned. In this news-


ori pavements. Sadly now, of course, it cannot be used m


the context of skill, grace and worthwhile exercise, a clear case of losing on the swings because of minor gains on the


Tony Cliff Speaking of success.


gavel and certificate by Mr Ken Sharpe and a silver plate, awarded for the first time, so Mrs Jelley’s name will be the first of many to be inscribed on this trophy. Mrs Jelley has been a


member of Simonstone with Read WI for nearly 24 years and this is where her interest in public speaking was first nur­ tured. She attended "speaking with, confi­ dence” courses and compe­ titions, before being asked to join Burnley Ladies’ Speakers Club. Her collection now


includes two gavels and certificates and Mrs Jelley told the Advertiser and Times th a t she was so excited, she could have danced on the table!


Would God be less anxious or more indif- ferent? God never turns anyone away. We ™aVo


such decisions for ourselves. The many evii raJher than good must


ask if God will condemn them to eternal damnation because of it. Can God love them less than the anxious inquirer?


make God bear the hardest part. The way to God is always open. There are many avenues to that way. Those who neglect to take up their options, and reject such a sal­ vation, are not punished by God On the contrary, they punish themselves. This could be decision time, or even


judgement dayl But remember, the choice is yours.


Joe Stansfleld


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